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On a floor plan of her room, the length of Hailey’s bed is 3
inches. If the scale of her floor plan is inch = 1 foot, what is the
actual length of her bed?
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SWBAT construct scale drawings given a scale and actual measurement.
PATIO DESIGN Sheila is designing a patio that is 16 feet long and 14 feet wide. Make a scale drawing of the patio. Use a scale of 0.5 inch = 4 feet.
drawing length →
actual length →
← drawing length
← actual length
Find the cross products.
Simplify.
Divide each side by 4.
Step 1 Find the measure of the patio’s length on the drawing. Let represent the length.
On the drawing, the length is 2 inches.
Construct a Scale Drawing
Step 2 Find the measure of the patio’s width on the drawing. Let w represent the width.
drawing length →
actual length →
← drawing length
← actual length
Find the cross products.
Simplify.
Divide each side by 4.
Simplify.